[Info-vax] IS everyone waiting?

[Scott Dorsey]

Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.decuserve.org> wrote:
>In article <nubkvj$l4e$1 at dont-email.me>, "Craig A. Berry" <craigberry at nospam.mac.com> writes:
>> 
>> And if a new lock-picking technique is discovered, the lock on your
>> front door will still do what it always did: protect against the old
>> lock-picking techniques that no one is using anymore because there is
>> now a better one available that people who haven't upgraded cannot
>> defend against.
>
>   It's been a long time since I've seen a house with a lock
>   sophisticated enough to protect against old lockpicking techniques.
>

Agreed.  And, of course, the lock we have on the bathroom is rather crude,
because it doesn't have to protect against the whole world, it only has to
keep the cat out.

Before detailed thinking about security, it's wise to look at the threat 
profile for the particular system.
--scott

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